The Bhutan Women's National League, currently known as the Bank of Bhutan Women's National League due to sponsorship reasons, is the highest level
women's football Women's football most often refers to:
* Women's association football
Women's football may also refer to:
* Women's gridiron football
* Women's Australian rules football
* Ladies' Gaelic football
* Women's rugby league
* Women's rugby union
...
league in
Bhutan
Bhutan, officially the Kingdom of Bhutan, is a landlocked country in South Asia, in the Eastern Himalayas between China to the north and northwest and India to the south and southeast. With a population of over 727,145 and a territory of , ...
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History
The Women's Football structure in Bhutan started in 2016 through the Thimpu Women's League and the eventual establishment of the Women's National League in 2021.
The league's clubs participated in a club licensing workshop with
FIFA
The Fédération Internationale de Football Association (), more commonly known by its acronym FIFA ( ), is the international self-regulatory governing body of association football, beach soccer, and futsal. It was founded on 21 May 1904 to o ...
in 2022.
The following season began in August 2023, with two rounds and six teams,
determined from an earlier qualifier tournament participated by eight teams.
A third round was added to fulfill FIFA match requirements.
Clubs
;2025 season
*Gelephu Academy
*Gelephu Academy U17
*Gelephu City FC
*Paro FC
*Phuentsholing FC
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Royal Thimphu College
Royal Thimphu College is a private college in Thimphu, Bhutan under the Royal University of Bhutan. It is Bhutan's first private college.
The campus is located in an area of 25 acres of land in Ngabiphu, a rural area in Thimphu dzongkhag, locat ...
*Samtse FC
*Thimphu City FC
*Transport United FC
*Ugyen Academy
Champions
Thimpu Women's League
*2016: Thimphu City
*2017: Bhutan U15
*2018: BFF Academy
*2019: Sunrise
*2020: Sunrise
Women's National Championship
*2019: Sarpang
*2020: ''Suspended due to
Covid-19 pandemic
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Women's National League
*2021: Sunrise
*2022: Paro
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2023
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Royal Thimphu College
Royal Thimphu College is a private college in Thimphu, Bhutan under the Royal University of Bhutan. It is Bhutan's first private college.
The campus is located in an area of 25 acres of land in Ngabiphu, a rural area in Thimphu dzongkhag, locat ...
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2024
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Royal Thimphu College
Royal Thimphu College is a private college in Thimphu, Bhutan under the Royal University of Bhutan. It is Bhutan's first private college.
The campus is located in an area of 25 acres of land in Ngabiphu, a rural area in Thimphu dzongkhag, locat ...
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2025
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: ''Ongoing''
See also
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Football in Bhutan
Football is a sport with a comparatively brief history in Bhutan, having had an initial period of favour in the mid-twentieth century, when it was first introduced to the country by visiting teachers from India and Europe. It has only achieved ...
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Bhutan Premier League
The Bhutan Premier League, currently known as the Bank of Bhutan Premier League due to sponsorship reasons, is the men's highest division of professional football in Bhutan. It also provides Bhutan's entrant for continental competition, the AFC ...
References
{{Top level women's association football leagues around the world
Football leagues in Bhutan
Top-level football leagues in Asia
Sports leagues established in 2021
Bhutan
Bhutan, officially the Kingdom of Bhutan, is a landlocked country in South Asia, in the Eastern Himalayas between China to the north and northwest and India to the south and southeast. With a population of over 727,145 and a territory of , ...
Women's football in Bhutan